just wondered what your thoughts were on the Airush kites? as they are based in OZ, do many guys use them and are they as good as North,Slingshot and so on your advice would be helpfull preferably from a no biased source

Hey Terry,

Airush are not based here, although the kites and bars are designed and for the most part tested here in west Oz. Airush head office is based in Bangkok, Thailand and most of the prototype boards are shaped in the UK and then built by Cobra in Thailand.

The gear is good, thats my biased opinion!

The only way to decide if the gear is good for YOU is for YOU to ride it and test it YOURSELF, most Airush sellers have a demo kite and board for you to try, especially here in Perth at Airborne Kitesurfing and now also WindForce Watersports.

You can also try the Airush Forum which is not censored, it's all there, the good and the bad. I think they are the only kiting company to have an open forum www.airush.com

Hope this was helpful and not too biased

Good winds,

ive got a 05 12 lift love the kite not convinced about build quality. luffed slightly on a jump then the kite powered up, ripped the middle strut off the LE and ripped the kite in half.

Got it repaired

flying the other day ripped one of the panels almost fully out, not even sure what really happened, got it fixed.

reputable sailmaker said that these materials are cooked as part of the process making them and that in some cases can be overcooked. In his opinion if you're able to fly and ride the kite should be able to take the gusts and that the fabric on my kite was faulty

just my 2 cents

nup airush is crap.

does she speak english?

some broken english but mainly spanish I think